Junior Music Academy in Kona, offers music lessons with an innovative and fun approach. Music classes are offered for children between birth and fifth grade, and all classes are taught by "Miss Mary" Garris, M.A. in music, and teacher with Junior Music Academy since 1983.

“The (Junior Music Academy) sessions were filled to the brim with musical experiences…The children were eager and focused, showing themselves to be extremely skillful in their performance which was a direct result of the thoughtful and well-planned sequence of musical content in their classes. I especially appreciated the role of the parents, as they were drawn into the music making as natural partners with their children.”
-Dr. Donna Brink Fox, Professor, Eastman School of Music